Have you ever wondered about the "true events" that inspired your favorite horror movie? Join Insidious Inspirations every Tuesday, where we'll uncover the true tales, urban legends, and monster myths that inspired your favorite horror movies!
Latest episodes
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24 min
History of Halloween
There is no holiday more strongly associated with horror, with all things creepy, frightening, and supernatural, than Halloween. It's the time of year when creatures of legend come…
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27 min
Veronica
In the Summer of 2017, Netflix released a film called, “Veronica.” This foreign film quickly became a sensation across the streaming platform as a scary film that people would dare…
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28 min
Urban Legends
In 1998, Jamie Blanks and Silvio Horta released "Urban Legend," a slasher film determined to explore the urban legend in all of its creepy glory. The film features a college campus…
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30 min
Zodiac
David Fincher's 2007 film, Zodiac, focused on a killer whose identity was shrouded in mystery, who averted capture during the entirety of his reign of terror. He left breadcrumbs f…
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26 min
Changelings
Irish folktales tell of stolen children, whisked away in the dead of night by the fairies. These children were taken to act as servants, to sate the curiosity of fairies curious ab…
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29 min
Alferd Packer
Host - Nichole GoodnightWriter - Addison PeacockEditing & Music - Danny SweetShowrunner - Pacific S. ObadiahProducers - Tom Owen & Brad MiskaThis, is a Bloody Disgusting Production…
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31 min
Jaws
Jaws is a movie that, perhaps, needs no introduction. Released in 1975, it was the movie that put Steven Spielberg on the map, codified the practice of studios releasing big summer…
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29 min
Polybius - Death by Video Games
The earliest known reference to Polybius comes from coinop.org, a forum for arcade cabinet collectors that was active in the early 2000's. There are anecdotal accounts of the game…
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29 min
Ouija
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27 min
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Texarkana is a border town, straddling the line between Texas and Arkansas. Technically, it is made up of two cities that share a name: one in Texas, and one across the border in A…
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26 min
Black Water - Australia Crocodile Attack
Australia has garnered a reputation over the years as home to some of the deadliest animals in the world. If you swim in the ocean you might encounter a golf-ball sized blue ring o…
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34 min
Martin - The Vampire of Sacramento
George A. Romero has become synonymous with Zombies, and Night of the Living Dead. Less known, is Romero's vampire film! After becoming a huge commercial and critical success, Rome…
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29 min
Vacancy
Host - Nichole GoodnightWriter - Addison PeacockEditing & Music - Danny SweetShowrunner - Pacific S. ObadiahProducers - Tom Owen & Brad MiskaThis, is a Bloody Disgusting Production…
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36 min
The Shining - Stanley Hotel
Tonight we venture to the ever iconic Stanley Hotel. While now it's a prestigious mainstay for horror fans and mountain enthusiasts alike, it's had a long haunted history...Host -…
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29 min
Fire in the Sky
Robert Lieberman 1993 film "Fire in the Sky," was based on a book called "The Walton Experience," a first-hand account of alien abduction written by Travis Walton. His ordeal began…
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37 min
The Mothman Prophecies
The series of supernatural events that occurred in Point Pleasant was anything but straightforward. The story involved UFOs, missing and mutilated pets, inexplicable illnesses, fri…
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33 min
The Bell Witch
In 1804, a man named John Bell moved his wife Lucy and their children to a stately farmhouse in Tennessee, about 50 miles north of Nashville. It was a gorgeous property, surrounded…
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35 min
The Hills Have Eyes - Sawney Beane
True Crime has always been popular. Even back in the 1800s, the citizens of foggy old London looked forward to the latest issue of The Newgate Calendar, a publication printed by th…
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26 min
Dylatov Pass
On January 23, 1959, a group of students from the Urals Polytechnic Institute in Yekaterinburg hopped on board a late-night train, en route to the Ural Mountains. They were headed…
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29 min
Annabelle - Raggedy Anne
In 1970, a woman was shopping in a quaint local hobby shop, when she spotted a gently used Raggedy Ann doll. The doll was charming, clad in a dress patterned with blue flowers, and…